Example sentences of "is [vb pp] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A massive , handsome monument of granite is placed over the grave . |
| 2 | Various techniques to promote reflux while imaging have been attempted , such as abdominal cuffing , in which a binder is placed over the abdomen and the pressure is increased by inflating it with air . |
| 3 | We may extend this metaphor further by suggesting that our everyday experience of stress is rather like a tap which is placed over the glass and into which it drips drops of stress . |
| 4 | In many cases , a shrine is erected over the anthill and women can be seen lighting candles and praying to the Deity within . |
| 5 | For all bookings made within 8 weeks of departure , the holiday is confirmed as soon as a verbal confirmation is given over the telephone or your travel agent confirms the booking via Viewdata , and therefore if you subsequently cancel your booking , cancellation charges as shown in condition ( 9 ) apply . |
| 6 | In such cases , the tonic syllable is the syllable on which the pitch movement of the tone begins , but that pitch movement is completed over the rest of the tone unit ( i.e. the tail ) . |
| 7 | ‘ Reversionary ’ bonus is added over the term of the policy and once added becomes part of the guaranteed benefits and can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 8 | ‘ Reversionary ’ bonus is added over the term of the policy and once added becomes part of the guaranteed benefits and can not be taken away by Clerical Medical provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 9 | This is located over the subduction zone and consists largely of thrust sheets of sediment and slivers of oceanic crust , known as ophiolite , emplaced by the subducted plate . |
| 10 | The volume of support for Sakharov broke through to the Moscow centre where power is wielded over the world from lofty isolation , where ‘ they ’ make their decisions . |
| 11 | Similar loading continues onto the upper triangle ( no space can be left in the middle ) , still keeping the corners well built up , and finally a cap is built over the tripod tips . |
| 12 | A muffled announcement is made over the loudspeaker . |
| 13 | In this technique a V-profile chisel , the graver , is pushed over the surface of the metal in order to remove a sliver of metal . |
| 14 | The vinyl is applied over the paper base , through an engraved screen , and then the design is ‘ blown ’ by heating in an oven . |
| 15 | When the light pen is moved over the code , it triggers the chips to make sound through the loudspeaker . |
| 16 | Encom Cable TV & Telecommunications Ltd has launched a local telephone service in Redbridge , Barking and Dagenham , Essex : the service is offered over the company 's fibre trunk cable , which links to Mercury Communications Ltd 's national network ; the company claims that calls are 10% to 15% cheaper that British Telecommunications Plc 's . |
| 17 | As the roller is drawn over the skin , hairs are trapped in the slits and plucked out . |
| 18 | The BaByliss Epilady , £37 , works on a similar principle ; a soft metal coil is drawn over the skin and as it vibrates hairs are trapped within the coil and plucked out . |
| 19 | Water is drawn over the disc but does not get close enough to the roots to damage them . |
| 20 | Particular concern is merited over the dominance of writing , especially where this is a tow-level , time-filling activity ; over the general failure to exploit the potential of collaborative activity — especially since every one of the sixty classrooms we visited in the classroom practice study used a grouping system of some kind ; and over the limited opportunities given to children for work-related talk of a challenging kind . |
| 21 | These proposals will result in a systematic charge to the p&l account for instruments such as deep discount bonds , and will ensure that the premium on convertible bonds incorporating a premium put option is recognised over the period from issue to the exercise date — as is , in fact , already required by UITF Abstract 1 . |
| 22 | The bookfund is divided into separate allocations for each service point and little or no control is exercised over the way these amounts are spent . |
| 23 | It is unlikely , however , that a traveller will bring luggage to the inn , and since the traveller 's car and goods contained therein can not be the subject of a lien , cases where the lien is exercised over the property of a traveller are rare . |
| 24 | The Spanish phrygian is also used for the tune 's main theme , as well as the solo section , which is played over the riff shown in fig 1 . |
| 25 | As a ball is hit , spins and moves forward , the air that hits the front of the ball is dragged over the top of the ball , creating a slight vacuum on top of the ball . |
| 26 | The teacher in charge is flustered over the number of boys who sloped off to buy food . ’ |
| 27 | If it is mounted over the sink , a normal swivelling outlet spout is used . |
| 28 | A divorced woman can only use her former husband 's contribution record to establish her right to the basic pension and only provided she contributes in her own right as soon as the marriage ends and she does not remarry ( unless she is divorced over the age of 60 ) . |
| 29 | Cabinet and scientific opinion is split over the issue . |
| 30 | There are twenty-four medium-sized frets and the board is lipped over the end of the neck at the body end , leaving the 24th fret hanging in space . |